Improvement in hand stamps



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@met @WW Letters Patent No. 101,649, (Za-tell April 5, I1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all who'm, it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. Munson, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State` of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Hand Stamps; and I do hereby declare the-following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the -letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this speci-l tication, .and represent in- Figure 1, a iront view;

Figure 2, a side view; and in Figure 3, a top view.

This invention relates to an improvementin hand stamps especially designed for marking clot-hing, Sac.

In presses of this class, as heretofore constructed, the base had been cut entirely away across thefront, so that the stamp may pass down clear of the base. This construction makes it necessary to hold the base with one hand while the stamp is struck down with the other, else the stamp will vtip down and not strike squarely on the material.

My invention consists in forming,.upon the base, 'guides to hold the stamp in its proper relative positio'n.

A is the base of the press, formed with projecting arms B. and B at each side, and so as to leave a space between the arms for the stamp C to pass between. If preferred, these arms may be connected together in iiont of the stamp, lea-ving a space through which the stamp will pass.

The stamp C is constructed to receive the type in. the usual manner, and fitted with a round spindle, D, passing through the head E, and working freely therein, anu provided with a knob, F, or other convenient device upon which the blow is struck to impress the stamp.v A spiral spring around the spindle serves to support the stamp in its elevated position.

As heretofore constructed, thespindle has been made square, and fitted to a corresponding square hearing through the head E. vThis .construction is expensive, which expense I obviate by making the spindle round, and this I am enabled to do by form. ing, upon the base, guides a, one ateach side of the head, and fitted so as to bear against the stamp, as seen in rigs. 2 and 3, so that the stamp plays freely up and down, its relative position governed by the saidl guides a.

One of the chief advantages of my construction of the base is the support ol' the press4 when the stamp is struck, butanother great advantage .over such presses as heretofore.constructed consists in the fact that the projecting arms hold the material or clothing np'onwhich the stamp is to be impressed down iiatand smooth, whereas in presses as heretofore constructed, there being nothing 4to hold the articles down, they naturally rise, and are more or less blurred by contact with the type; and this construction adds nothing to the expense ofthe press, the guides aI serving to reduce the cost of manufacture.

I claim as my invention- 'In a press in which the stamp is arranged so -as to be struck through or below the base, thearrangement of the guides a anpon the base, and so as to govern the position of the stamp, substantially as set fort-h. A. L. MUNSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TmBIrs. 

